OAP’s 30-hour drive round M25

A DISORIENTATED pensioner spent 30 hours driving round the M25 after getting lost on the way to visit his daughter.

Dennis Leighton, 82, was behind the wheel of his Vauxhall estate for more than 30 hours []

Dennis Leighton, 82, was behind the wheel of his Vauxhall estate for more than 30 hours circling the London orbital motorway in the bitter cold. He was finally tracked down by police early yesterday after his worried family raised the alarm.

The former carpenter left his home in Windsor, Berks, on Monday evening on the 55-mile journey to Swanley, Kent. But by the time the widower’s car was first seen on a motorway camera on Tuesday evening he was still six miles from his daughter Hazel’s home.

When police found him in south London yesterday, he was said to be confused, suffering from hypothermia but very grateful.

A police spokesman said: “He got a little bit lost but was found safe and well in the early hours.”